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SIDS
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Cribs
for Kids
Despite
the progress the “Back to Sleep” campaign has made in reducing
the number of babies dying of SIDS, about 4500 babies a year
die of sudden unexpected infant death in the United States,
and over 200 every year in Maryland, Virginia and Washington
D.C. Many of these babies did not have a safe place to sleep.
Their cribs were either old and not fit for use, or they had
no cribs and were sleeping on a couch or an adult bed. More
babies die in unsafe beds than die in automobile accidents.
We have worked hard to ensure that all babies have safe car
seats. Now we need to ensure that every baby has a safe place
to sleep.
“Cribs
for Kids” provides needy families with the most basic of needs
for their babies: cribs to help prevent unnecessary and tragic
deaths.
Families often
make do with older unsafe cribs or no cribs at all. Bedsharing
has increased over the past decade, and along with that practice,
we see increasing deaths due to accidental suffocation.
Accidental suffocation is now the leading cause of unintentional
injury deaths among newborns.
SIDS
rates among African American infants are three times greater
than in white babies.. We must strengthen and extend our education
programs into these communities with hands-on, on-site programs
that can be implemented in homes, daycare centers, churches,
community centers, schools and hospitals; and involve local
civic, service and social groups to assist in these efforts.
“Cribs for Kids” is true hands-on program designed to provide
both an appropriate sleeping environment—a crib—and education
regarding safe sleep for babies to the families who most need
the information.
The
“Cribs for Kids” Project provides safe cribs for babies, to
help prevent needless, tragic infant deaths. A new portable
crib costs only $50, and bedding and shipping cost another
$20. Yourdonation can help save a baby's life. Please help
us expand the Cribs for Kids Project and make sure that no
baby dies because he did not have a safe place to sleep. To
make a donation, please click on "Donate"
SIDS
Mid-Atlantic PO Box 799 Haymarket Virginia 20168
703-955-6899
sidsma27@aol.com
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